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help, saying he could hold out no longer.
Again there was no assistance. "Perscvere,"
said the commanding general. He did so,
till fourth of his men lay dead, dying and
wounded upon the field. When the left and
center We're safe, and Asboth, Gen Curtis
and later Sigel himself, pressed to Carr's aid,
they found him fighting Oh still, with a shat
tered army, and the ground for a mile strewn
with his dead and wounded.
The fighting was renewed holly as ever for
time and Asboth was wounded Then
night fell, and both armies bivouacked upon
the field, with the dead and dying all about
them.
In the morning of March s. there was more
fighting around Elkhorn tavern. The force
of both armies was concentrated there
Sigel's men with several heavy batteries bore
the brunt of it. Gen. Davis opened a cross
fire on the Confederate left Cannon thunder
and iron hail filled the air with terror, till at
last the Confederates could endure it no
longer. Their batteries were planted upon
the hills of Pea Ridge. They turned to fly,
and Sigel's men were dashing up tho hills
after them. 1t was picturesque sight
Curtis says in his report:
1.-THE upward movement Of the gallant
Thirty sixth Illinois, with its dark blue line
of men and its cleaning bayoncts, steadily
ttoS Aipih p.Aot w Suiiiilht. WITTY III uiiSlltu
forward, driving and scattering the enemy
from these commanding heights"
SO ended the battle Of Pea Ridge. II was
not n victory for either silc. but it ended the
fighting in that part of Arkansas and Mis-
souri, 1t was fought in n corner near the
border line Of three states, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Kansas and the Indian Territory. Van
Dorm encampcd with his mon eight miles
from the battle field, and buried his dead I'M
der flag of truce. Then he went his way
south of Boston mountains, getting Of
with nearly all his baggage. The loss on
each side was about 900 Both armies had
had enough of fighting for a time. Curtis
encamped at keitsville to rest and care for
his men.
Pixies Indians tomahawked their fallen foe.
and scalped and mutilated them. A Confed
crate officer, in letter TO Tho Richmond
Wing, declared that he saw tho Texans doing
the same thing On the other Land, Van
Dorm charged that some of Sigers men mur-
dered several prisoners OF war in cold blood
II must ba remembered that Pea Ridge was u
specimen of border warfare.
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6OuTL Ills proclaim CHIEF JOHN ROSS.
alton fell with o from Lossng's civil Var
ring: GAre Missou- In America."]
rians no longer true to themselves" he said.
@Are they timid, time-serving race, fit
only for subjugation to a despotl
Awake, my countrymen! Come
to us, brave sons of the Missouri
valley! Rally to our Standard must have
$4,000 men. Do you stay at home to
secure terms with tho enemyl Then warn
you tho day soon may come when you will
be surrendered to the mercies Of that enemy,
and your substance given to tho Hessians and
Jayhawkers. Leave your property to take
care of itself. Come to the army of the Mis-
souri,, not for a week or a month. but to free
your country. I, at least, will never
see the chain, fastened upon my country. l
will ask for six and one-haf feet Of Missouri
soil in which to repose, for I will not live to
see my people enslaved!"
[Gen. Sterling Price went through the war; and
after it closed migrated to Mexico. He was
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Halleck's orders to Curtis had been to keep
the enemy south of Boston mountains But
small detachments Of bis troops had been left
as guards here and there along the route, as
he followed after Price, till his army had be.
come stretched out very thin. They had
marched into Arkansas travelling at the rate
Of twenty miles day, an extraordinary
march under the circumstances. Curtis
force was much smaller than the REINFORCED
Confederate army. Curtis therefore fell back
north from the neighborhood of Boston
mountains and took position nearer to Mis-
souri,, at Bentonville. He had retreated from
Fayetteville. Van Dorm followed and tho
Confederate army became in turn the pursuer
Curtis resolved to dispose his forces about
Sugar creek, near Bentonville, and await the
battle which he saw must come.
Until he reached Sugar creek, however, he
was not aware of Van Dorns arrival in tho
Confederate camp. It made things look
shaky for bis little army, Is 900 against 12 900,
but Curtis did not weaken It was too late
to run, if he had wanted to.
The reader will see from the map the 0ispo-
sttion of the forces on each side. Sugar creek
flows first westward through mountain de-
file. then northward, skirting a clump Of
mountains. The westerly portion Of the
clump is called Pea Ridge. Thence the battle
Gets its name It Is also sometimes called the
battle Of Elkhorn tavern. from q house In
the eastern part of the mountain group.
In the map the black, broken lines to the
northward indicate the Confederate troops,
Inc open ones little south Of them the
Federals. By skillful movement Van
Dorm had fanked Curtis on the night Of
March 6 and gained his rear. This threatened
to cut off Curtis communication with Spring
field, Mo-. and his supplies. The aspect was
black enough.
orably in skirmish ON March 6. His camp
was the most westerly Of Curtis forces, being
near Bcntonville, which appears on the map
Van Dorm passed through that town on his
way northward to get in Curtis rear. By
skillfully covering his right flank with cav
airy movement Sigel managed to get of with
his whole supply train and convey it to Sugar
creek. About 600 men and five pieces Of light
artillery were behind at Pentonville, and in q
moment they wcro surrounded with Confed-
crate cavalry and infantry. Sigel himself
was fortunately with them, however, having
staid with tho rear guard. He handled the
brave 600 so skillfully, now fighting, now re-
treating, always nearer to Curtis and Pea
Ridge, that ho managed to bring them nearly
all of in safety, over O distance Of ten miles.
Sigel is now United States pension agent at
New York.
Curtis's front was to tho south, from which
direction he expected the enemy to como.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

The Indian reservations of the
United States contain 100000 square
miles. and their population is about
100000.
Never use lard in making pies I'M
less You want to be economical and
spoil the pastry. Use butter.-E1-
change.
ST. Louis has a new sensational
hanson cab in which the driver is con-
cealed. The benighted people think it
comes from the spirit world. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
There are only two professional
prize-fghters in all Italy, and whenever
these are challenged they have the head
ache and don't care to 60 out and slug
for glory.-Detrot Free Press.
AS a deed of property carries with
it that without which the property grant
ed would be useless in the hands of the
grantee, so also an exception or reserva-
ton in deed works in favor of the
Wisconsin Supreme Court.
The development of bituminous
coal lands in Virginia. within the past
few years has been very rapid. Up to
within few years the coal production
of Virginia was comparatively limited.
but estimates are from 100000 to
5000, 900 tons for this year.
The hanging of Cluverius has
started Virginia papers to arguing the
question: "Does hanging prevent muir
der?" 1t is matter of history that
cases are rare where man is known to
commit murder after being thoroughly
hanged.-Philadelphia North american.
"A veteran Maine school teacher
remembers school in which he had
seven vulgar, profane and vicious boys,
whose aim in life seemed to be to tor
ment the teacher. The teacher recently
visited the State prison in Thomaston
and found three of those boys there.
Four others are in the reform school,
Le,ciston (Me.) Journal.
The French daily newspaper is not,
as rule, an attractive object to behold.
1t is invariably four-page sheet, set
up in coarse and uncomely type, studded
with advertisements displayed" with
an eye to show, but certainly without
thought of symmetry or good taste. and
printed with whitey-browni ink on paper
OF good quality but poor appearance
NJ Y Mail.
-"YOu have heard Of the term pig
con English" said a gentleman the
other evening who has spent many years
in China. "Well, that means business
English. or. in other words, language
that enabled the benighted Celestials to
conduct commercial operations with
outside folks. 1t is mixture of almost
every thing. The term pigeon comes
from the fact that it is the nearest APP
proach Chinaman can make to the
pronunciation of the English word bust
ness. '"-Philadelphia Bulletin.
There is an aesthetic street car con-
ductor of Philadelphia who for the past
two years has spent much of his spare
time in making his car beautiful. Two
handsome silk flags adorn the center of
the car, and the bell rope is jauntily
lined with knots of brightly colored
worsted. He takes great pride in this
work. The attendants at the stables say
he scrubs and airs his car with all the
care of housekeeper. A sponge is al
ways to be seen on the car No man on
the line keeps his temper better in a
time of blockade. -Pniladelphia Press
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[From Lossing's "Civil wer Jaws, Comanches
in Alnerica'1 and Cherokees.
Chief John Ross, OF The Cherokee nation op-
posed him, but at length yielded to tho impor-
tunities Of tho tribe, and struck bargain
with the Confederate agent. Pike was the
regularly accredited COMM SiOner Of the
Confederate States OF America to the Indians.
He promised to pay to the red men the annu-
tiles they had heretofore received from the
United States. He also promised to take the
southern part of the Indian territory under
Confederate protection. This included tho
country of the Choctaws and Chickasaws.
Pixies design was to secure in time the whole
Indian territory to the Confedcracy
The Indians raised force of 5000 men for
the war. jefferson Davis had authorized
Pike to enlist three regiments, The Indian
agreement was ratified at mass meeting at
Tahlequah, tho Cherokee capital. 1t was
signed by "John Ross, Principal Chief of the
Cherokee Nation" 1t was secretly against
his will, however. His wife, young, well
educated woman, was SO opposed to it that
she drove off the men who tried to raise o
Confederate flag over her house, and they
had to give up the attempt. This was the
last Of August, 1861. John Ross was nearly
white, having only one-eighth Indian blood.
He was man at for a great leader any
where. He had cast his lot with his Indian
brethren, although his appearance gave no
sign Of the dusky blood in his veins For
moro than forty years he had acted as the
Moses who led his tribe from barbarism to
civilization. He escaped north with his fam.
lily in the summer of 1862.
Ross Indians, however. with those Of
other tribes, Joined the Confederate army
under Albert Pike, who was made o brign-
der general
In December, 1861, the Confederate general,
Sterling Price, who had advanced again into
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1T a5l)ln9ion Stan3aTd
I'Hl FIGIIIIG A1PDA RIDGE.
Sketch Of the Most Unoivilized
Battle CT the Civil War.
INDIANS TAKE A HAND.
The Authorities Have Not Decided to
This Day Which Whipped.

Federal and Confederate Armies Fight
Two Days and Then Withdraw-Por-
traits of the Leaders on Both Sides.
Albert Pixies Indians Use Tomahawks
and Scalpins IInivcs--Gcn. Van Dorn's
Proclamation-A Fierce Battle Whose
Story Has Not Been Fully Written.
Tho battle of Pea Ridge was fought FRI
day and Saturday, March and s, 1859. The
dead were buried on Sunday. If the fight
had taken place east of the Mississippi it would
have taken prominent place in history.
But it was fought in the northwestern corner
of Arkansas. Railroads had scarcely pcnc-
trated into that region yet, and telegraphs
were mysterious things which good many
people did not even believe in. Therefore
the full history of Pea Ridge has never been
written. Yet that fight is entitled to one
unhappy distinction: 1t was the most barbar-
Gus battle Of the civil war.
During the first years of the war, the south
had better generals than tho north. AS carly
as the summer Of 1861, the Coufe<leracy sent
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The surprise was complete. Not till the
morning of March z, did Curtis discover
what his enemy was up to. Then with the
utmost haste he wheeled us men about and
changed rear to front, and stretched his army
in line of battle across Pea Ridge. Van
Dorns force was twice as large Us his own,
and included Indians and border Texans.
Curtis battle line extended east and west
across Pea Ridge between three and four
miles from Sugar creek to Elkhorn tavern.
With this hastily changed Federal front, the
two armies faced each other like this:
Confederates on the north, Federals on the
south:
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Van Dorm OH his
northward march
made a detour to
the west and fanked
Curtis on the right
by mastery move
ment. He left.Pike
and his Indians two
miles to Curtis
right, and another
small force to make
. a feint on the front
while he dashed ON
with all speed to
make the real attack
49, Al
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an cmiSary west to
stir up tho Indians
against tho United
States govern
rncnt This was
Albert Pike, the
poet. a man of fine
physique and per-
suasive tongue He
lal,olcd successful
ly with tho tribes
Of tho Indian terri
tory, tho Greeks,
Clickasaws, Choc-
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Price.
Gross Timber Hollow.
,i-cl. AsbOtl. Davis.

ktItSS ihllDtI 4lpliDWi.
SiCcl, Asboth, Davis. Carr
Tho names are those of Van Dorn's and
Curtis division commanders. Gen. Alexander
AShoth had charge Of Curtis cavalry AMI
artillery. Cross Timber Hollow was deep
and difficult ravinc, covered with fallen trees,
between the two armies. Through this hollow
they had to reach each other.
Col Ostcrhaus, of Chicago, opened the
fight by an attack on Van Dorn's center
at 1879 in the morning March :. Just as he
commenced this movement word was hastily
brought to Curtis that his picl;ets had been
driven in.
So the hattie was begun. Soon there was
tremendous fighting. The woods swarined
with ConfclerateS, who seemed to spring from
the ground. Carr's division on the extreme
right, had been heavily attacked, and Os;er
haus was driven back. Curtis had ordered
Cen Davis to the relief of Carr on the right,
but Osterhaus' men came flying back upon
the center The order to Davis was counter
manded, and he was told to stay and help
Ostcrhaus He quickly changed his line of
march under fire. Very shortly Gen Davis
found himself and Osterhaus fighting McCul-
loch, Mcintosh, Pike and all Pixies Indians
with the poet and John Ross at the head of
them Back he and Osterhaus wavered, and
then gathered strength and advanced again.
They swayed back and forth in a storm of
shot. All at once the Eighteenth Indiana
came sweeping down upon the flank and rear
of the Confederate center with ball and
bayonet. 1t settled the fortune of the day
then. The Confederates broke and fed
Both Gems McCulloch ard Mcintosh fell
MORALLY wounded. Their forces tried to re-
form, but Sigel came up with two batteries
q heavy artillery and it was all over
Then Sigcl moved over to the Federal right
help Carr. That day Carr had fought
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member of the board
of immigration Of
that country for q
time, but after
wards returned to
Missouri, where he
died.]
At the time the
proclamation was
issued, all south
western Missouri
was in Confeder-
ate hands. Gen.
frlce had fixed his
h cad quarters at
Springfield, where
he awaited the re-
cru its he hoped
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81 zen mortal hours
against Price. Van
Born himself was
in command here
most Of the day,
and here the most
terrific fighting of
the battle took
place. Early in
the day Col. Carr
had sent to Curtis
for rc-cnforce-
ments. They could
not be spared. He
fought on, and
Nnnn mona cont fnr
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Missouri with u.s.
600 men, made q
rousing appeal to
the men Of that
state to join him.
Price had been a
brigadier in tho
Mexican war. He
was q Virg;nian
born, but settled in
Missouri. He was
governor of that
state from 1853 to
1857. He was the
leading spirit Of
secession in Mis-
NJ
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Notice..
U. s. LAND OFFICE, OLYMPIA, W. T..


o. s. LAND OFFICE, OLYMPIA, ". IT,
September II, 1887.
( COMPLAINT having been entered at this or
y flee by John x. Endicott against James
,suigley for abandoning his Homestead Entry
No. 1914, dated April ~, 1881, upon the 81. Of
Sc i Section "A, Township II, Range 3 West.
in Thurston county, W. T., with view to the
cancellation of said entry, the said parties are
The 10th day of November, 1887, at ? O'Clock
L. NJ, to respond and furnish testimony CON
corning said alleged abandonment. And IL
to our satisfaction that personal ser
vice cannot be made, service will be made nv
publication, posting and mailing, according to
Rules ID and II of practice in u. S. Land Office
JOHN Y. OSTRANDER,
Register
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Trans-Missi S sippi
department. Many
regard Van Dorm
as the most brilliant
cavalry officer of
the Confeder
There was i'll feeling
between Gems. Stel.
ling Price and Ben
McCulloch in Mis-
souri,. and jefferson
Davis sent Van
Dorm from Virginia
to rank both and
take command, He
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IN the District Court of the Second Judi.
l. cial District of the Territory of Wash
ingtOn, holding terms at Olympia, tor the
counties of Thurston and Mason.
X. G. Stuart and
Abbie IL. ii. Stuart,
Plaintiffs,
Robt. l.. Robertson and
Emma Il. Robertson,
Defendants.
Action brought in tho District Court of
the Second Judicial District of the Terri
tory of Washington, holding terms at
Olympia for the counties of Thurston
and Mason, and complaint filed in the
county of Thurston, in the office of the
clerk of the said District Court
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
To Robert L. Robertson and Emma L..
Robertson, Defendants.
In the name of the United States of
America, You arc hereby required to
appear i'll an action brought against
you by the above named Plaintiff in the
District Court of the Second judicial
District of. the Territory of Washington
holding terms at Olympia, in Thurston Co.
for the counties of Mason and Thurston,
and to answer the complaint filed therein
"a copy of which accompanies this sum-
| iiiotloJ WlthiIt tWCuty udNS (CACluStNc VI
the day of service) after the service on YOU
of this summOns-if served within this
county; or, il served out of this county,
but within the Second Judicial District
within thirty days; or if served out of
said District, then within forty days; or if
served by publication, then within sixty
days from the date of publication of this
summons, or judgment by default will be
taken against you according to the prayer
of said complaint.
Said action is brought to foreClose two
mortgages from defendants to plaintiffs,
the first dated Aug. Goth, 1884, being
mortgage on Lots Nos. Eight, Nine,
Ten, Eleven, Twelve. Thirteen, Fourteen
end Fifteen, in Block Three, of Maple
Park Addition to the Town of Olympia,
also the South half of the Southeast quar-
ter of Section Nineteen in Township
Seventeen North of Range One West. in
Thurston county, w. T., given to secure
payment of a certain note for the sum of
| Twenty-Five Hundred Dollars. given by
defendants to Plaintiffs on the Goth day of
August, 1884. and bearing interest at the
rate of one per cent. per month the sec
ond mortgage being mortgage upon the
South half of the Southeast quarter of
Section Nineteen Township Seventeen
North Range One West, dated May Goth,
| 1856, to secure note given Cy defendants
to plaintiffs on the 3lst day of May, 1886,
| for the sum of One Hundred and Seventy
Dollars and interest on the same at the
rate of one per cent. per month from
date also for an accounting upon said
notes and Judgment for the amount that
| shall be found due.
| *---x Witness Frank ALVIN, Es-
LIS. Quire, Judge of the said Dis
*---x trict Court and the Seal Of said
Court, this 1st day of September. A. ID.
| 1857. A. REEVES AYRES,
Clerk.
| CHXs. III. AVER, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Date of frs. publication, Sept 2, 1887.
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